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diff --git a/mm/readahead.c b/mm/readahead.c
index 77e8ddf945e..0ca36a7770b 100644
--- a/mm/readahead.c
+++ b/mm/readahead.c
@@ -3,32 +3,22 @@
*
* Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds
*
- * 09Apr2002 akpm@zip.com.au
+ * 09Apr2002 Andrew Morton
* Initial version.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/fs.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
#include <linux/pagevec.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/file.h>
-void default_unplug_io_fn(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct page *page)
-{
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(default_unplug_io_fn);
-
-struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
- .ra_pages = VM_MAX_READAHEAD * 1024 / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
- .state = 0,
- .capabilities = BDI_CAP_MAP_COPY,
- .unplug_io_fn = default_unplug_io_fn,
-};
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);
+#include "internal.h"
/*
* Initialise a struct file's readahead state. Assumes that the caller has
@@ -44,6 +34,42 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(file_ra_state_init);
#define list_to_page(head) (list_entry((head)->prev, struct page, lru))
+/*
+ * see if a page needs releasing upon read_cache_pages() failure
+ * - the caller of read_cache_pages() may have set PG_private or PG_fscache
+ * before calling, such as the NFS fs marking pages that are cached locally
+ * on disk, thus we need to give the fs a chance to clean up in the event of
+ * an error
+ */
+static void read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct page *page)
+{
+ if (page_has_private(page)) {
+ if (!trylock_page(page))
+ BUG();
+ page->mapping = mapping;
+ do_invalidatepage(page, 0, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+ page->mapping = NULL;
+ unlock_page(page);
+ }
+ page_cache_release(page);
+}
+
+/*
+ * release a list of pages, invalidating them first if need be
+ */
+static void read_cache_pages_invalidate_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct list_head *pages)
+{
+ struct page *victim;
+
+ while (!list_empty(pages)) {
+ victim = list_to_page(pages);
+ list_del(&victim->lru);
+ read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(mapping, victim);
+ }
+}
+
/**
* read_cache_pages - populate an address space with some pages & start reads against them
* @mapping: the address_space
@@ -65,14 +91,14 @@ int read_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
list_del(&page->lru);
if (add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping,
page->index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
- page_cache_release(page);
+ read_cache_pages_invalidate_page(mapping, page);
continue;
}
page_cache_release(page);
ret = filler(data, page);
if (unlikely(ret)) {
- put_pages_list(pages);
+ read_cache_pages_invalidate_pages(mapping, pages);
break;
}
task_io_account_read(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
@@ -85,9 +111,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(read_cache_pages);
static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
struct list_head *pages, unsigned nr_pages)
{
+ struct blk_plug plug;
unsigned page_idx;
int ret;
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
+
if (mapping->a_ops->readpages) {
ret = mapping->a_ops->readpages(filp, mapping, pages, nr_pages);
/* Clean up the remaining pages */
@@ -105,23 +134,22 @@ static int read_pages(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
page_cache_release(page);
}
ret = 0;
+
out:
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
return ret;
}
/*
- * do_page_cache_readahead actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
+ * __do_page_cache_readahead() actually reads a chunk of disk. It allocates all
* the pages first, then submits them all for I/O. This avoids the very bad
* behaviour which would occur if page allocations are causing VM writeback.
* We really don't want to intermingle reads and writes like that.
*
* Returns the number of pages requested, or the maximum amount of I/O allowed.
- *
- * do_page_cache_readahead() returns -1 if it encountered request queue
- * congestion.
*/
-static int
-__do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
+int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read,
unsigned long lookahead_size)
{
@@ -150,10 +178,10 @@ __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
rcu_read_lock();
page = radix_tree_lookup(&mapping->page_tree, page_offset);
rcu_read_unlock();
- if (page)
+ if (page && !radix_tree_exceptional_entry(page))
continue;
- page = page_cache_alloc_cold(mapping);
+ page = page_cache_alloc_readahead(mapping);
if (!page)
break;
page->index = page_offset;
@@ -182,11 +210,10 @@ out:
int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
{
- int ret = 0;
-
if (unlikely(!mapping->a_ops->readpage && !mapping->a_ops->readpages))
return -EINVAL;
+ nr_to_read = max_sane_readahead(nr_to_read);
while (nr_to_read) {
int err;
@@ -196,67 +223,23 @@ int force_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
this_chunk = nr_to_read;
err = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
offset, this_chunk, 0);
- if (err < 0) {
- ret = err;
- break;
- }
- ret += err;
+ if (err < 0)
+ return err;
+
offset += this_chunk;
nr_to_read -= this_chunk;
}
- return ret;
-}
-
-/*
- * This version skips the IO if the queue is read-congested, and will tell the
- * block layer to abandon the readahead if request allocation would block.
- *
- * force_page_cache_readahead() will ignore queue congestion and will block on
- * request queues.
- */
-int do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
- pgoff_t offset, unsigned long nr_to_read)
-{
- if (bdi_read_congested(mapping->backing_dev_info))
- return -1;
-
- return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, nr_to_read, 0);
+ return 0;
}
+#define MAX_READAHEAD ((512*4096)/PAGE_CACHE_SIZE)
/*
* Given a desired number of PAGE_CACHE_SIZE readahead pages, return a
* sensible upper limit.
*/
unsigned long max_sane_readahead(unsigned long nr)
{
- return min(nr, (node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_INACTIVE)
- + node_page_state(numa_node_id(), NR_FREE_PAGES)) / 2);
-}
-
-static int __init readahead_init(void)
-{
- int err;
-
- err = bdi_init(&default_backing_dev_info);
- if (!err)
- bdi_register(&default_backing_dev_info, NULL, "default");
-
- return err;
-}
-subsys_initcall(readahead_init);
-
-/*
- * Submit IO for the read-ahead request in file_ra_state.
- */
-static unsigned long ra_submit(struct file_ra_state *ra,
- struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp)
-{
- int actual;
-
- actual = __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
- ra->start, ra->size, ra->async_size);
-
- return actual;
+ return min(nr, MAX_READAHEAD);
}
/*
@@ -337,6 +320,59 @@ static unsigned long get_next_ra_size(struct file_ra_state *ra,
*/
/*
+ * Count contiguously cached pages from @offset-1 to @offset-@max,
+ * this count is a conservative estimation of
+ * - length of the sequential read sequence, or
+ * - thrashing threshold in memory tight systems
+ */
+static pgoff_t count_history_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct file_ra_state *ra,
+ pgoff_t offset, unsigned long max)
+{
+ pgoff_t head;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ head = page_cache_prev_hole(mapping, offset - 1, max);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ return offset - 1 - head;
+}
+
+/*
+ * page cache context based read-ahead
+ */
+static int try_context_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct file_ra_state *ra,
+ pgoff_t offset,
+ unsigned long req_size,
+ unsigned long max)
+{
+ pgoff_t size;
+
+ size = count_history_pages(mapping, ra, offset, max);
+
+ /*
+ * not enough history pages:
+ * it could be a random read
+ */
+ if (size <= req_size)
+ return 0;
+
+ /*
+ * starts from beginning of file:
+ * it is a strong indication of long-run stream (or whole-file-read)
+ */
+ if (size >= offset)
+ size *= 2;
+
+ ra->start = offset;
+ ra->size = min(size + req_size, max);
+ ra->async_size = 1;
+
+ return 1;
+}
+
+/*
* A minimal readahead algorithm for trivial sequential/random reads.
*/
static unsigned long
@@ -345,34 +381,27 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
bool hit_readahead_marker, pgoff_t offset,
unsigned long req_size)
{
- int max = ra->ra_pages; /* max readahead pages */
+ unsigned long max = max_sane_readahead(ra->ra_pages);
pgoff_t prev_offset;
- int sequential;
+
+ /*
+ * start of file
+ */
+ if (!offset)
+ goto initial_readahead;
/*
* It's the expected callback offset, assume sequential access.
* Ramp up sizes, and push forward the readahead window.
*/
- if (offset && (offset == (ra->start + ra->size - ra->async_size) ||
- offset == (ra->start + ra->size))) {
+ if ((offset == (ra->start + ra->size - ra->async_size) ||
+ offset == (ra->start + ra->size))) {
ra->start += ra->size;
ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
ra->async_size = ra->size;
goto readit;
}
- prev_offset = ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- sequential = offset - prev_offset <= 1UL || req_size > max;
-
- /*
- * Standalone, small read.
- * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state.
- */
- if (!hit_readahead_marker && !sequential) {
- return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp,
- offset, req_size, 0);
- }
-
/*
* Hit a marked page without valid readahead state.
* E.g. interleaved reads.
@@ -383,7 +412,7 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t start;
rcu_read_lock();
- start = radix_tree_next_hole(&mapping->page_tree, offset,max+1);
+ start = page_cache_next_hole(mapping, offset + 1, max);
rcu_read_unlock();
if (!start || start - offset > max)
@@ -391,23 +420,56 @@ ondemand_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
ra->start = start;
ra->size = start - offset; /* old async_size */
+ ra->size += req_size;
ra->size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
ra->async_size = ra->size;
goto readit;
}
/*
- * It may be one of
- * - first read on start of file
- * - sequential cache miss
- * - oversize random read
- * Start readahead for it.
+ * oversize read
+ */
+ if (req_size > max)
+ goto initial_readahead;
+
+ /*
+ * sequential cache miss
+ * trivial case: (offset - prev_offset) == 1
+ * unaligned reads: (offset - prev_offset) == 0
*/
+ prev_offset = (unsigned long long)ra->prev_pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ if (offset - prev_offset <= 1UL)
+ goto initial_readahead;
+
+ /*
+ * Query the page cache and look for the traces(cached history pages)
+ * that a sequential stream would leave behind.
+ */
+ if (try_context_readahead(mapping, ra, offset, req_size, max))
+ goto readit;
+
+ /*
+ * standalone, small random read
+ * Read as is, and do not pollute the readahead state.
+ */
+ return __do_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size, 0);
+
+initial_readahead:
ra->start = offset;
ra->size = get_init_ra_size(req_size, max);
ra->async_size = ra->size > req_size ? ra->size - req_size : ra->size;
readit:
+ /*
+ * Will this read hit the readahead marker made by itself?
+ * If so, trigger the readahead marker hit now, and merge
+ * the resulted next readahead window into the current one.
+ */
+ if (offset == ra->start && ra->size == ra->async_size) {
+ ra->async_size = get_next_ra_size(ra, max);
+ ra->size += ra->async_size;
+ }
+
return ra_submit(ra, mapping, filp);
}
@@ -433,6 +495,12 @@ void page_cache_sync_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
if (!ra->ra_pages)
return;
+ /* be dumb */
+ if (filp && (filp->f_mode & FMODE_RANDOM)) {
+ force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, offset, req_size);
+ return;
+ }
+
/* do read-ahead */
ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, false, offset, req_size);
}
@@ -448,7 +516,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_sync_readahead);
* @req_size: hint: total size of the read which the caller is performing in
* pagecache pages
*
- * page_cache_async_ondemand() should be called when a page is used which
+ * page_cache_async_readahead() should be called when a page is used which
* has the PG_readahead flag; this is a marker to suggest that the application
* has used up enough of the readahead window that we should start pulling in
* more pages.
@@ -481,3 +549,33 @@ page_cache_async_readahead(struct address_space *mapping,
ondemand_readahead(mapping, ra, filp, true, offset, req_size);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(page_cache_async_readahead);
+
+static ssize_t
+do_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, struct file *filp,
+ pgoff_t index, unsigned long nr)
+{
+ if (!mapping || !mapping->a_ops)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ return force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, filp, index, nr);
+}
+
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(readahead, int, fd, loff_t, offset, size_t, count)
+{
+ ssize_t ret;
+ struct fd f;
+
+ ret = -EBADF;
+ f = fdget(fd);
+ if (f.file) {
+ if (f.file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) {
+ struct address_space *mapping = f.file->f_mapping;
+ pgoff_t start = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ pgoff_t end = (offset + count - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ unsigned long len = end - start + 1;
+ ret = do_readahead(mapping, f.file, start, len);
+ }
+ fdput(f);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}